Name: James Poole

Community: St. Lewis

Birth Date: November 20th, 1937

Place of Birth: Mary's Harbour. Also lived at Hills Harbour, Grady and Indian Tickle.

Livelihood: Fished

Children: Joan, Andy, Keith, Tim

"Fishing was a hard way to make a living. Some years you would do good and other years you would not get enough to pay your bills. I remember one summer during the 1970's, I am not sure which year it was, but that year I did really bad with the fish. I was fishing out of Hills Harbour at the time with my brother, Eldred. During the summer there was hardly any sign of fish at all. We had gill nets set out but we weren't getting anything out of them. We also went out jigging. We would get a scattered fish here and there but no big lot. We did not even bother to set out a cod trap that year because there was hardly any sign of fish. By the middle of August we gave up fishing altogether and moved back to Fox Harbour. The whole summer fishing, getting up early, hauling the gill nets and jigging all that work and all we had to show for it was a salmon box full of fish. Not even enough for the winter. That fall I had to leave Fox Harbour and go down to Goose Bay to look for work. The fishery was a very risky business to make a living with. You had to set your nets and work hard and hope the fish came."